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Fortifications and a trench with bomb damage, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows fortifications with a cannon in ruins and other debris lying in a trench. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

GLC05111.01.1312

Two soldiers with cannon, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows one man on horseback and one man standing with a cannon in the center of the photo. Inscription on verso: "Fort [sic] Hudson."

GLC05111.01.1313

One soldier with a cannon and fortifications, Port Hudson, LA

The image shows one man standing to the left of a cannon and fortifications. Inscription on verso: "Port Hudson."

GLC05111.01.1314

West Portico view of front of Capitol [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Washington City Views. No. 2989. North front of the Capitol, from the West Portico."

GLC05111.01.0835

Ruins of the Blair House at Silver Spring, Maryland.

Inscription on verso: "Ruins of Mr. Blairs House." The burned-out remains of the Blair House. Numeric notation on verso: "28."

GLC05111.01.0750

Emmitsburg, Maryland, with fields in foreground rising up to the town.

Inscription on verso: "Emmetsburg [sic], Maryland." Some buildings are seen to be intact while others are in ruins. Numeric notation on verso: "48."

GLC05111.01.0751

100-year-old Oak tree.

Inscription on verso: "Oak tree-supposed to be 100 yrs old." Numeric notation on verso: "72."

GLC05111.01.0752

Lutheran Church in Sharpsburg, Maryland, showing battle damage.

Inscription on verso: "Lutheran Church Sharpsburg, Maryland." The church shows the scars of battle suffered from artillery fire on 17 September 1862. Numeric notation on verso: "134."

GLC05111.01.0753

Dead Confederate soldiers and artillery horses on Antietam battlefield, near Dunker Church.

Inscription on verso: "View of Battlefield at Antietam." Dead Confederates and their horses lie in scattered clusters. An abandoned limber and a Federal burial party [far right] can also be seen in the background. Numeric notation on verso: "24."

GLC05111.01.0754

Antietam battlefield, with Federal soldier surveying the field with binoculars from atop a hill, near McClellan's headquarters.

Inscription on verso: "Battlefield-Antietam." Soldier looks over the battlefield the day after the battle, showing reserve artillery stationed on the left side of the image and a Federal soldiers bivouacked on the right. Numeric notation on verso:...

GLC05111.01.0755

View of the hills around Sharpsburg, Maryland, with the Antietam Creek cutting between them.

Inscription on verso: "View in Antietam." Numeric notation on verso: "81."

GLC05111.01.0756

Dunker Church at Antietam battlefield, taken after battle damage has been repaired.

Inscription on verso: "Dunkar[d] Church (Antietam)." Numeric notation on verso: "45(916)."

GLC05111.01.0757

Dunker Church at Antietam battlefield, with dead artillery horse.

Inscription on verso: "Dunker[d] Church." Variant view of Dunker Church. In other views, the bodies of Confederate soldiers can be seen piled together amongst horse carcases and an abandoned limber. Numeric notation on verso: "48."

GLC05111.01.0758

Hall St., Sharpsburg, Maryland, with St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the distance and Gardner's photographic wagon in foreground.

Inscription on verso: "Sharpsburg-Episcopal Church in distance." View down a road in the town of Sharpsburg, with a house visible to the right and left of the road, and an Episcopal church in the distance. Numeric notation on verso: "38."

GLC05111.01.0759

Main St., Sharpsburg, Maryland, with St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the distance.

Inscription on verso: "Principal Street in Sharpsburg." Main Street stetches down a hill and then back up again toward the woods where Gen. Lee's headquarters were located oods far into the distance. Numeric notation on verso: "49."

GLC05111.01.0760

Smith's Farm in Keedysville, Virginia, at the field hospital of French's division.

Inscription on verso: "Smith's Farm-Reedsville [sic], Va." Image of a large barn, surrounded by piles of hay and farming implements. A group of six people can be seen on the lower left of the image, and a pair of horses stands next to an artillery...

GLC05111.01.0761

Gale's House, with fourteen people on or around the porch.

Inscription on verso: "Gale's House." Numeric notation on verso: "32."

GLC05111.01.0762

General Isaac Stevens' Headquarters in South Carolina

Inscription on verso: "Headquarters Gen. I.I.Stevens S.C." A view of the house in South Carolina where Union General Isaac Ingalls Stevens maintained his headquarters during the South Carolina expedition of 1861-62. Numeric notation on verso: "34."

GLC05111.01.0763

House of Robert B. Rhett, Beaufort, S.C.

Inscription on verso: "Rhett's House Beaufort, S.C." The house is surrounded by trees, with a man standing at the foot of the stairs leading up to the main entry. Numeric notation on verso: "35(20)."

GLC05111.01.0764

Clarke's house, hospital for reserve forces.

Inscription on verso: "Clarke's House, Hospital for Reserve." Large house flanked by two smaller cabins with numerous trees and a whitewashed fence in front. Numeric notation on verso: "36(86)."

GLC05111.01.0765

Miller's House [Sharpsburg, MD.], on Antietam battlefield, with family standing on porch.

Inscription on verso: "Miller's house where Gen. Mansfield fell." Image of Miller's House near Antietam, where Union General Joseph Mansfield was killed. Numeric notation on verso: "40(917)."

GLC05111.01.0766

Headquarters of General Porter.

Inscription on verso: "HQ-Genl Porter." Small house on left side of image with a group of soldiers out front. In the distance, there appears a large encampment. Numeric notation on verso: "41."

GLC05111.01.0767

Grigsby House, Centreville, Virginia.

Inscription on verso: "Grigsby House Centreville, Va." Image of white house with a ploughed field in foreground and several people surrounding the house. Numeric notation on verso: "50."

GLC05111.01.0768

The Army of the Potomac at Camp, [unknown location].

Inscription on verso: "Army of the Potomac." Army of the Potomac encampment with tents, wagons, trees and horses throughout the image. Numeric notation on verso: "31."

GLC05111.01.0769

Beaufort Church, S.C., partially covered with ivy or cutzu, and a small cemetery with a man sitting on tomb.

Inscription on verso: " Beaufort Church, S.C." Numeric notation on verso: "133."

GLC05111.01.0770

Catlett Rail Station, Virginia, with Federal soldiers lounging on top of box cars next to a building with a group of soldiers on porch.

Inscription on verso: "Catlett Station, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "54."

GLC05111.01.0771

Cedar Mountain battlefield, Virginia, with six Federal soldiers standing over freshly dug graves and scattered fence rails.

Inscription on verso: "Graves on Battlefield Cedar Mountain." Numeric notation on verso: "4."

GLC05111.01.0772

Horse carcasses on Cedar Mountain battlefield, Virginia, with two Federal soldiers surveying the carnage.

Inscription on verso: "dead horses-Cedar Mountain Battlefield." Numeric notation on verso: "94."

GLC05111.01.0773

Cedar Mountain battlefield, Virginia, from the Federal positions with Cedar Mountain in the distance.

Inscription on verso: "Battlefield Cedar Mountain." Numeric Notation on verso: "15."

GLC05111.01.0774

U.S. Sanitary Commission members with wagon and commissions flag.

Inscription on verso: "Sanitary Commission." Numerican Notation on verso: "1199-XXXIV."

GLC05111.01.0775

U.S. Sanitary Commission Building, as viewed from across a street with trees in front.

Inscription on verso: "US Sanitary Commission." Numeric notation on verso: "34."

GLC05111.01.0776

The Monument [Methodist] Church, Richmond, VA.

Inscription on verso: "Monument Methodist Church." Numeric Notation on verso: "33."

GLC05111.01.0777

Beaufort, S.C., as viewed from across the Beaufort River with the Fuller House in center background.

Inscription on verso: "View in Beaufort, S.C." Numeric Notation on verso: "61(9)."

GLC05111.01.0778

Charles City Court House with trees and two men standing in front.

Inscription on verso: "Charles City Court House." Numeric Notation on verso: "65."

GLC05111.01.0779

The Slaughter Pen at the base of Big Round Top, Gettysburg battlefield [PA]. Confederate corpses lie scattered about among the rocks.

Inscription on verso: "The Wilderness slaughterpen." Numeric notation on verso: "128."

GLC05111.01.0780

House near the mange

Inscription on verso: "House near the mange." Numeric notation on verso: "52(556)."

GLC05111.01.0781

Butler's House in Beaufort, South Carolina, with a group of Federal soldiers on porch and barn in background.

Inscription on verso: "Butler's House Beaufort, S.C." The stately home of General Matthew C. Butler in Beaufort South Carolina. Numeric notation on verso: "55."

GLC05111.01.0782

Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia.

Inscription on verso: "Marshall House Alexandria, VA." Numeric notation on verso: "60(1047)."

GLC05111.01.0783

Headquarters of General Lafayette, with a group of Contraband and black servants out front, including two men reclining on ground.

Inscription on verso: "HQ Gen Lafayette." Numerical notation on verso: "64."

GLC05111.01.0784

Lacey House, Falmouth, Virginia, with army wagons on right and left.

Inscription on verso: "Lacy [sic] House [1864 Va]." A large house standing alone in the center of a field, with a horse-drawn wagon in the center of the image. Numeric notation on verso: "138."

GLC05111.01.0785

Phillips House, Falmouth Station, Virginia, still smoldering from the fire that devastated it.

Inscription on verso: "Phillips House." Numeric notation on verso: "140."

GLC05111.01.0786

Robinson House, Manassas battlefield, Virgina.

Inscription on verso: "Robinson House Bull Run." Numeric Notation on verso: "44." Additional inscription on verso: "Picturesque House Campsite."

GLC05111.01.0787

Cedar Mountain battlefield, with Federal soldiers standing on either side of the image in foreground.

Inscription on verso: "Battlefield Cedar Mountain." Numeric notation on verso: "18."

GLC05111.01.0788

Matthew's House, Manassas battlefield [VA], with horses and buggy and a small group of men standing out front.

Inscription on verso: "Mathew's House 'Store House' Manassas/B.R." Numeric notation on verso: "53(55)."

GLC05111.01.0789

Fort Monroe [VA], with lighthouse and bell tower in background along a sandy strip and a man sitting on a barrel in immediate foreground.

Inscription on verso: "Light House, Bell Tower." The forts walls loom in the background and two sets of rail road tracks run through the image. Numeric notation on verso: "12."

GLC05111.01.0790

Ruins of railroad bridge and mill on the Appomattox River, Petersburg [VA], with man standing on river bank.

Inscription on verso: "Ruined Mills & RR Bridge across Appomattox." Note: Steam engine that was torched while upon the bridge [at center], now resting on its side on the far bank. Numeric notation on verso: "20."

GLC05111.01.0791

Remains of the Franklin Paper Mill, with a large water wheel and a man seated on the left side of the image.

Inscription on verso: "Ruins Franklin Paper Mill." Numeric notation on verso: "22."

GLC05111.01.0792

Remains of Old Mill at Petersburg, Virginia.

Inscription on verso: "Ruins Old Mill at Petersburg, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "23."

GLC05111.01.0793

Ruins of former headquarters of Gen. John Magruder's with seven men standing in road and a pile of rubble in immediate foreground.

Inscription on verso: "Genl McGruder's H.Q." Numeric notation on verso: "146."

GLC05111.01.0794

Ellison's Mill, Mechanicsville battlefield [VA].

Inscription on verso: "Elliston's [sic] Mill." Numeric notation on verso: "147."

GLC05111.01.0795

Ruins of Harpers Ferry Arsenal

The burned out ruins of the Harpers Ferry Arsenal and Armory, with two men surveying the remains. Inscription on verso: "Ruins of Harpers Ferry Arsenal." Numeric notation on verso: "10."

GLC05111.01.0796

A View of the Wilderness

Inscription on verso: "Hecatomb." Numeric notation on verso: "96."

GLC05111.01.0797

Victims at the Wilderness

Corpses of former soldiers who fought at the Wilderness. Inscription on verso:"The Wilderness dead." Numeric notation on verso: "127."

GLC05111.01.0798

Hotel at Sulpher Springs, Virginia

Image of a hotel at Sulpher Springs, Virginia, mostly hidden by trees, with a tent just beyond the stairs to the entrance. Inscription on verso: "Hotel at Sulpher Springs, Va." Numeric notation on verso: "66." Additional inscription on verso: "[2nd...

GLC05111.01.0799

Church at Bull Run

An image of a building is in the background, with the remains of a stone chimney in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "Church at Bull Run." Numeric notation on verso: "58."

GLC05111.01.0800

Thorbrun's House, Bull Run

Image of a white house, enclosed by a white fence on the left and a wooden fence on the right. A horse is tethered to the wooden fence, while two men work at the woodpile in the center of the field. Inscription on verso: "Thorbrun's House, Bull Run."...

GLC05111.01.0801

Ruins of Stone Bridge on Manassas battlefield.

Stone bridge foundation remains in right foreground and sparse vegetation. The bridge once spanned Bull Run--site of fierce fighting in 1861 and 1862. Numeric notation on verso: "3/0." Taken by Barnard & Gibson in March 1862. (Photographic History of...

GLC05111.01.0802

Lincoln's Surveying Instruments [stereocard]

The compass, chain, saddle bags and "Jacob's Staff" used by Abraham Lincoln as a deputy land surveyor in Sangamon County from 1833-36. Inscription on verso: "Frank H. Hamilton. 700 South 7th Street Springfield Illinois." Additional inscription on...

GLC05111.01.0803

A Good View of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. This picture is a good view of the covered ways inside the Rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation." The Union soldiers had to charge up and down the obstructions. In the foreground centre is a dead...

GLC05111.01.0804

He Sleeps His Last Sleep [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 554. He Sleeps His Last Sleep. A Confederate soldier being wounded had evidently dragged himself to a little ravine on the hill side, where he died." Numeric notation on verso: "30."

GLC05111.01.0805

James River Pontoon Bridge [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. James River Pontoon Bridge, opened for the passage of Steamers. No. 2539. Published by E & H T Anthony & Co." Numeric notation on verso: "250."

GLC05111.01.0806

Col. Moorehead [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 586. Col. Moorehead, 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers, on battle field of Antietam, 19th Sept., 1862."

GLC05111.01.0807

Thirty-Six men and boys on stairs, in uniform [stereocard]

Thirty-six men and boys sitting on a set of stairs leading up to a large stone building.

GLC05111.01.0808

General Caldwell and Staff [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 580. Group, General Caldwell and staff on Battlefield of Antietam, 21st September, 1862."

GLC05111.01.0809

Rear view of Lincoln's House in Springfield, Illinois [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Back view, Lincolns House Springfield Ill."

GLC05111.01.0810

Large wagonwheels [stereocard]

A pair of large wagon wheels, with a man standing between them to give an impression of size. Numeric notation on verso: "No. 1056."

GLC05111.01.0811

Newswagon [stereocard]

Two men behind a wagon, trying to sell a newspaper to a customer, while a man leaning against the wagon with a paper in his hand looks on. Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 617. A Welcome Visitor." Numeric notation on...

GLC05111.01.0812

Gibson and Staff [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 432. Group, Gibson and Staff."

GLC05111.01.0813

Mississippi Soldiers' graves, near McCool House [stereocard]

Ten gravestones are visible in this wooded area. Numeric notation on verso: "WWL229."

GLC05111.01.0814

Two soldiers and a cannon [stereocard]

Two Union soldiers pose with a cannon.

GLC05111.01.0815

Bodies of dead Federal soldiers on battlefield of the first day. [stereocard]

Several bodies laying on a battlefield. Inscription on verso: "The War for the Union." Numeric notation on verso: "391."

GLC05111.01.0816

Crutchfield House, Adams Express, Cameron Hill Chattanooga [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Crutchfield House, Adams Express, and Cameron Hill, Chattanooga, No. 2658."

GLC05111.01.0817

Block House in Arlington Heights [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Block House near Aqueduct Bridge, Arlington Heights, No. 2282."

GLC05111.01.0818

View of Confederate Line [stereocard]

Incription: "Views of confederate line from the first fort east of the W. and A. R. R."

GLC05111.01.0819

View of Johnsonville, Tennessee [stereocard]

Inscription: "View of Johnsonville, Tenn., the day before its evacuation by Federal troops, in December, 1864."

GLC05111.01.0820

View of Culpeper, Virginia [stereocard]

Inscription: "Views of Culpeper, Va."

GLC05111.01.0821

Interior View of Castle Pickney, Charleston South Carolina [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "No. 3121. Interior view of Castle Pickney, Charleston, S.C. City in the distance." Numeric Notation on verso: "255."

GLC05111.01.0822

Confederate Soldier killed at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. C.S. Soldier killed by a shell in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation.' This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va., April 2d, 1965, No. 3177." Numeric...

GLC05111.01.0823

Woods of Gettysburg [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Woods on the left wing, Battle of Gettysburgh. No. 2386." Numeric notation on verso: "256."

GLC05111.01.0824

War Horse "Gimlet" [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 643. Gimlet, a celebrated war horse of the Rappahannock."

GLC05111.01.0825

Interior of Union Fort Stedman [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Interior of the Union Fort Stedman Petersburgh, Va., showing Bombproofs. No. 3341." Numeric notation on verso: "254."

GLC05111.01.0826

Two Gunboats [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Gunboats Undela and Maume, James River, Va. No. 2689." Numeric notation on verso: "258."

GLC05111.01.0827

Execution of a Deserter [stereocard]

Black soldiers appear in the image. Inscription on verso: "War Views. Execution of a Deserter, Alexandria, Va. No. 4014."

GLC05111.01.0828

Dead Rebels at Spotsylvania [stereocard]

Inscription: "Dead Rebels of Ewell's Corps, killed at Spotsylvania, May 19, 1864. Laid out for burial." Numeric notation: "722." Numeric notation on verso: "450."

GLC05111.01.0829

Soldiers and Cannon, at Bull Run [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. No. 2060. Soldiers and part of a Battery, on the Battlefield of Bull Run." Numeric notation on verso: "44."

GLC05111.01.0830

Unburied dead at the Wilderness [stereocard]

Inscription: "Unburied dead on the battlefield of the 'Wilderness.' View taken several months after the battle, showing skeletons of the slain soldiers." Numeric notation on verso: "448."

GLC05111.01.0831

Confederate soldier killed at Petersburg [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. C.S. Soldier killed in Trenches, at the storming of Petersburge, Va. April. The marks and spots on his face, are blood issuing from his mouth and nose. The wound is in the head, caused by a fragment of shell. No...

GLC05111.01.0832

Dr. Richard Burr [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Dr. Richard Burr, Embalming Surgeon, Army of the James. No. 2530."

GLC05111.01.0833

Dead in Wheatfield [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "#193-Dead in Wheat-field." Numeric notation on verso: "518." Additional inscription on verso: "This view was bought in Little Road Top."

GLC05111.01.0834

Lincoln's Tomb [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Lincoln's Tomb. This belonged to H. Walls Fay, Custodian."

GLC05111.01.0836

Charleston South Carolina [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views, Charleston, S.C. and Forts in Vicinity." Numeric notation on verso: "10."

GLC05111.01.0837

Members of South Carolina Regiment laid for burial [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 250. Members of a South Carolina Regiment laid out for burial." Numeric notation on verso: "63." Additional inscription on verso: "W. W. Lytle."

GLC05111.01.0838

Interior of Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Interior of the Southern Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation' showing Gabions, 'Cheveaux de Frise' &c. This view was taken the morning after the storming of Petersburgh, Va, April 2nd, 1865. No. 3219...

GLC05111.01.0839

Picket Guard on the Alert [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. No. 2961. Picket Guard on the Alert."

GLC05111.01.0840

South view of Rappahannock Bridge [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 517. Rappahanock Bridge. South View. Negative by T.O. Sullivan."

GLC05111.01.0841

Military Telegraph Corps Wagon and Tent [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Photographic incidents of the war. No. 786. Field Telegraph, Battery Wagon and officers tent of military telegraph corps-headquarters Army of the Po[t]omac, 24th June 1864."

GLC05111.01.0842

Camp near French's Bridge, Chickahominy River, Virginia [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "1861. War Views. 1865. No. 2340. Camp Near French's Bridges, Chickahominy River, Virginia. In the hollow in the foreground can be seen the mule teams and army wagons. The shelter tent camp and smoke from the numerous camp fires...

GLC05111.01.0843

Trossell's Barn, at Gettysburg [stereocard]

Inscription: "At Gettysburg. Trossell's Barnyard, where 9th Massachusetts Battery fought. They lost 81 out of 88 horses." Numeric notation on verso: "451."

GLC05111.01.0844

Bodies collected for burial near McPherson's woods [stereocard]

Inscription: "Bodies of the dead collected for burial in the field near McPherson's woods, south of Chambersburg Pike, on battlefield of first day." Numeric notation on verso: "390."

GLC05111.01.0845

Union Picket line at Fort Mahone [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "War Views. Union Picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'Fort Damnation,' Richmond, Va. No. 3201." Numeric notation on verso: "107."

GLC05111.01.0846